Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RICHARD J CARO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Family Medicine

NPI
1467519678
CMS profile
65912
Location
GONZALES, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,409.18

  • Reported across 356 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,140.55

30 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,140.55 30

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,529.48 68
PY2019 $1,631.29 71
PY2020 $471.88 21
PY2021 $1,493.03 75
PY2022 $920.12 42
PY2023 $1,222.83 49
PY2024 $1,140.55 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $22.78 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103418517 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.03 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103418519 CMS
Amgen Inc. $4.32 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117521271 CMS
Amgen Inc. $8.09 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117521273 CMS
Amgen Inc. $16.75 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117521275 CMS
Amgen Inc. $5.70 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117521277 CMS
Amgen Inc. $121.83 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115482175 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $32.95 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105367854 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.10 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104724849 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $129.89 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086203179 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $19.55 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118021282 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $8.18 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118021280 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $22.70 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118021284 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $116.52 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118021286 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $17.01 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101670449 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $9.78 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116554631 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $23.80 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116544252 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $122.80 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116400512 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $16.71 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135386989 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.44 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135357556 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $14.79 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135366676 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $19.95 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135366674 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $122.79 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1096605765 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.07 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118871766 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $22.60 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118871768 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $124.97 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151045940 CMS
Renalytix AI, Inc. $19.12 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116758622 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.95 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153444465 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.48 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153673391 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.90 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153633396 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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